Swim suit



Dec. 6, 1932. E. HFORE SWIM SUIT Filed Dec. 23. 1931 INVENTOR Edwin f2. flaw/mu 4 ATTORNEYS Patented Dec. 6, 1932 UNITED STATES EDWIN FOREMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SWIM. surr Application filed December 23,1931. Serial No, 582,727.

This invention relates to a swim suit.

An object of the invention resides in the provision of a swim suit, the upper portion of which is cut away to expose the back,

under-arm portions, the shoulders and the neck of the wearer. In suits of this type, great difficulty has been encountered in causing the edges of the suit to lie snugly against the body of the wearer.

In United States Patent No; 1,813,043,

dated July 7, 1931, the gapping of the edgeof the garment adjacent the breasts of the wearer has been overcome in a manner de- 7 scribed in that patent.

This invention causes the edge of the garment adjacent the back of the wearer to fit snugly, without necessitating the use of so much material as would interfere with the exposure of the back to the sun.

In the drawing, which illustrates one form of the invention,

Figure 1 is a view looking at one side and part of the front of the garment; and

Figure 2 is a View looking at the back of the garment.

In the form of garment illustrated in the drawing the entire garment is formed preferably of knitted material and constitutes an upper body covering portion, a skirt, and 30 trunks 2.

The front partof the body of the wearer is covered by a bib 3, which is cut away to expose the front portion of the neck at 4; the back opening 5 of the garment is defined by a curved edge 6, which merges at a point beneath the arms of the wearer with the edges 7, which extend to the rear of the breasts of the wearer.

In the form of the garment illustrated, darts 8. such as described in the above-men tioned United States Letters Patent, are provided, with the result that the edges 7 snugly fit the body to the rear of the breasts. Because of the size of the back opening without fit the wearer snugly throughout the extent any support, the edge 7 would tend to gapof the edge, and yet which is of such f'coni struotionthat it does not seriously interfere with-the exposure of the back of the wearer to the sun. This means comprises two relatively narrow straps 9," preferably of knitted material beoa'use'of its elasticity, which are attached at 10 llO'lJllB upper portion of :the front bib. 3 at points which lie in front of the shoulders of the wearer. Straps 9 extend to the edge 6 and aresecured thereto at 10 99, on oppositesides of a vertical median'line, which is shown in the drawing as adot and dash line 11. r When the suit is on the wearer, the effect of these straps 9 is to hold the edge 6 from a point at the aforesaid medial line extending upwardly toward the edge? close to the body of the wearer, so that there will be a snug fit. However, thedirection of force exerted by these straps 9 is suchthat they 9 are not effective throughout the entire extent of the edge 6 to thepoi-nts where it merges with edges 7 and, therefore,- I have provided branchstraps 12, which are secured at 13 to straps 9 and extend from the same 7. in angular relationship, and are attached at 14 to the edge 6 on opposite sides of the 'medial line 11 and between the points of attachment 10 of the straps 9 to the edge 6 and points where this edge 6 merges with edge 7. The direction of pull of branch straps 12 extends-at an angle to the direction of pull of the straps 9, and tends to draw the edge 6 toward the medial line and thus to cause the portions of the edge 6 not af- 285'? fected, or which are little affected, by straps 9. toward the body of the wearer, causing the garment to fit snugly.

The straps 9 and the branch straps 12, because of this triangular arrangement, may be made relatively narrow, so that they may easily be shifted to expose the covered portion of the back to the sun, and in any event so that they will cover relatively small areas.

When this invention is used in conjunction with-the invention described in the aforementioned United States Letters Patent, a garment is produced which snugly fits the body of the wearer to the rear of the breasts,

and snugly fits the back of the wearer, even though the garment is cut low to such an extent that the back opening terminates at, or near, the waistline.

On the other hand, if this invention is used in conjunction with a garment in which other provision is made for fitting of the garment at the front of the body of the wearer, and in conjunction with a garment which has a low cut back, these straps will cause the 7 back, nevertheless, to fit the wearer snugly. What I claim is: 1. In a swim suit, a portion adapted to cover the lower part of the body of the wearer, a portion for covering the upper part-fof the body comprising a bib extending from the lower portion to points in front of each shoulder and bounded by a continuous arcuate edge from the shoulder points to the middle of the back at about the waistline whereby the shoulders, arms, under arms, neck and back are exposed, shoulder straps between the front shoulder points and the waistline edge at opposite sides of the median line of the back andan auxiliary strap from each shoulder strap to the continuous arcuate edge atr a point more removed from the median line than the shoulder strap.

2. The swim suit of claim 1 wherein dart portions extend inwardly below the breast portion toward the center line-of the garment thus shortening the'normal length of the arcuate edge, which darts in coopera tion with the auxiliary straps maintain a snug fit by keeping the arcuate edge close to the body.

1 In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification this 19th day of December, 1931. 5

EDWIN H. FOREMAN. 

